Modelled along the lines of New York City's Shakespeare in the Park, Boston's Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) is offering Shakespeare's The Tempest through Aug. 13 at the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common.

Modelled along the lines of New York City's Shakespeare in the Park, Boston's Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) is offering Shakespeare's The Tempest through Aug. 13 at the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common.

Shakespeare's tale of enchantment and love -- in all its simplicity, complexity and purity -- is told by CSC using such diverse traditions as "African storytelling, Japanese Butoh dance, Italian commedia dell' arte, and Caribbean Carnival."